Last Night - UK London
Atlantic USA Satellite (STAX)
Philly Dog
Honey Pot
Grab This Thing
Last Night written by Chips Moman, was another Mod Soul anthem. Add the STAX session horn section to the rhythm section (Booker T and The MG's) and you get the Mar-Keys.
Although the original Mar-Keys had a variable line up, BT & the MG's were certainly 'The Rhythm section' . By the time of The Mar- Keys' Memphis Sound LP, which included Philly Dog and Honey Pot, (popular tracks at the time) was released the line had changed again.
THE GREAT MEMPHIS SOUND LP 1966
Another single taken from this album was “GRAB THIS THING”. Of course Roger Eagle had a 45 single of this, which he hammered into our consciousness at the Blue Note club. I bought it from Roger Eagle at the Blue Note just before he left.
The Mar-Keys were the ihouse band at Stax - their style and chunky sound was the cornerstone of the label and it is instantly recognisable and original.
The Stax sound can be heard on virtually all Stax tracks and was generated by the Mar-Keys / and Booker T and The MG’s; Steve Cropper (lead Guitar) Donald "Duck" Dunn (Bass Guitar) Terry Johnson (Drums) pianist Jerry Lee "Smoochie" Smith (Piano/Organ), Don Nix (Sax) Charles Axton (Sax) Wayne Jackson (Trumpet/Horns).
Wayne Jackson started the Memphis Horns with Andrew love and Charles Axton created The Packers.
